dreich

dreigh

/ (driːx) /

adjective

Scot dialect dreary

Word Origin for dreich

Middle English dreig, drih enduring, from Old English drēog (unattested); see dree

Words nearby dreich

dree, dreg, dreggy, dregs, dreibund, dreich, dreidel, dreigh, dreikanter, dreiser, dreiser, theodore

Example sentences from the Web for dreich

  • Can you no' give the young ladies wiselike Scotch songs instead o' that dreich Concone?'

    Bud |Neil Munro

  • And whit dae ye th'ink I wad be buyin' them for if it wasna to keep me frae gantin' in the kirk when the sermon's dreich?

    Erchie |(AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro